Example sentences of "away [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ger Van Vliet , a Dutch botanist who heads the EC scientific working group on Cites , says wild orchids are easy to steal : ‘ I could walk into a forest in Sabah ( Borneo ) and take away the last remaining specimens of a rare species in one suitcase . ’ |
| 2 | They were underlined by Labour 's Defence Review of 1974–5 which committed Britain 's ground forces solely to the defending of continental Europe , and stripped away the last fragments of the country 's global pretensions . |
| 3 | On the darkened half-landing Frankie rubbed his face to wipe away the last of his tears . |
| 4 | It has swept away the last remnants of the Stasi system , but in the process dirtied millions of Germans and the feelings their fellows have for them . |
| 5 | Above their heads the clock ticked away the last thirty minutes of the old year . |
| 6 | Allow it to wash away the last traces of your old payoff or negative belief . |
| 7 | A pyromaniac does n't throw away the last three matches . |
| 8 | A searing fire of elation bathed him suddenly , driving away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 9 | Surprise fought for supremacy over sheer relief , the final result hardly strong enough to chase away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 10 | But remove them carefully with tissues , and use a non-alcoholic gentle freshener on cotton wool as a ‘ rinse ’ to wipe away the last traces . |
| 11 | Welcoming Lenin 's New Economic Policy , he expressed the hope that the development of Anglo-Soviet trade would persuade Russia to ‘ throw away the last shreds of Bolshevism and Communism by which it is at present fettered . ’ |
| 12 | She sniffed away the last of her tears and slipped the piece of dirty , rose-covered wallpaper into her carrier bag . |
| 13 | That 's because 90 's intensive agriculture and the developer 's bulldozer are rather effective at wiping away the last finger-prints of the all too impermanent way . |
| 14 | Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats . |
| 15 | The ford in the river was blown up to make navigation easier and from time to time there appear to have been spectacular rock falls , one of which carried away the last vestiges of St Vincent 's Chapel which gave its name to St Vincent 's Rocks . |
| 16 | Some were lying on charpoys , snoozing away the last minutes before their first meal for thirteen hours . |
| 17 | She is clearing away the last glasses from the vigil , and when I come into her living room she has a cloth in her hand . |
| 18 | The Conservative party has never been the party of law and order , and during this Parliament it has thrown away the last vestiges of any claim to such a title . |
| 19 | Daggers of antiseptic stabbed at Marcus 's arm , cutting away the last of the blood . |
| 20 | Or coming to consciousness in the coffin , tons of silent earth pressing down , his own lungs sucking away the last of the air . |
| 21 | I I 'm likely , er to be away the last two weeks in August , and David 's going to be away the last week in August and the first of September , were n't you ? |
| 22 | I I 'm likely , er to be away the last two weeks in August , and David 's going to be away the last week in August and the first of September , were n't you ? |
| 23 | The forest air was cool on her naked limbs as Adam stripped away the last of her clothes and she was aware of a glorious feeling of freedom , totally devoid of embarrassment , as he gazed at her , his eyes sweeping boldly over her body , drinking their fill . |
| 24 | The English pundit , John Reason , hardly gives the impression that endearing himself to Scots is high among his priorities , but many surely enjoyed his observation that , by the time Dume had peeled away the last player obscuring his verdict , Turnbull must have felt he had been down there longer than Tutankhamen . |
| 25 | It was the final straw ; she could see he knew everything , everything , and that took away every last hidden ace she had ever hoped to possess . |